Our Team
Our team brings together experts from four key academic units at UBC Okanagan: the School of Engineering, Department of Psychology, Department of Computer Science, and School of Health and Exercise Sciences. With deep expertise in pioneering research, team leadership, entrepreneurship, and training program development, we are committed to advancing both basic and applied knowledge.
PDHC continually welcomes new faculty as collaborators into the program. For inquiries, please contact the program coordinator: farzan.gholamreza@ubc.ca.
Dr. Sepideh Pakpour
Program Director & Associate Professor, School of Engineering
Dr. Phil Ainslie
Professor, Health & Exercise Sciences
Dr. Pourang Irani
Professor, Computer Science
Dr. Jennifer Jakobi
Professor, Health & Exercise Sciences
Dr. Sunny Ri Li
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Lesley Lutes
Professor, Psychology
Dr. Abbas Milani
Professor, Engineering
Dr. Rudolf Seethaler
Professor, Engineering
Dr. Susan Holtzman
Associate Professor, Psychology
Dr. Maya Libben
Associate Professor, Psychology
Dr. Eli Puterman
Associate Professor, School of Kinesiology
Dr. Mohammad Arjmand
Assistant Professor, Engineering
Dr. Hashim Islam
Assistant Professor, Health and Exercise Sciences
Dr. Sarah Kraeutner
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Dr. Apurva Narayan
Affiliate Professor, Computer Science & Data Science
Dr. Sarah Purcell
Affiliate Professor, Health and Exercise Sciences
